A walk in the park after walking the dogs. Thanks Orense, for a gentle but fun crossword.
There’s no J
| Across | ||
| 1 | STAR CHAMBER |
Court once putting warning light on carbohydrate (4,7)
STARCH is the carbohydrate; AMBER is the warning light. |
| 7 | LOW |
Subdued comic getting undressed (3)
CLOWN minus its outer letters. |
| 9 | LODGE |
Mineral vein containing good deposit (5)
LODE is the mineral vein, with G for good inserted. |
| 10 | PARALYSIS |
Is salary adjusted after onset of pneumonia causing this condition? (9)
P, the first letter of pneumonia, followed by an anagram of IS SALARY. |
| 11 | LUNCHTIME |
Period on motorboat without a break (9)
LAUNCH (motorboat) minus the A, plus TIME (period). |
| 12 | QUITE |
Resign on principle at last? Absolutely! (5)
QUIT for resign plus E, the last letter of principle. |
| 13 | CHUFFED |
Very happy to be manacled outside hotel! (7)
CUFFED, or manacled, around H for hotel. |
| 15 | NEAT |
Define a term to cover “Straight” (4)
Contained in defiNE A Term. |
| 18 | FAIR |
Right grounds for amusement? (4)
Double definition. Or triple Salchow, or something like that |
| 20 | PAYBACK |
Compensation for group protecting rocky bay (7)
PACK (group) with an anagram of BAY inserted. |
| 23 | TOUCH |
Contact, though at first that hurt (5)
T, the first letter of though, plus OUCH, that hurt. |
| 24 | WHIPPER IN |
Dog-handler’s more switched-on during victory (7-2)
HIPPER (more switched-on) in WIN, victory |
| 26 | VOL AU VENT |
New flavour discovered with opening snack (3-2-4)
FLAVOUR minus its outer letters (discovered) jumbled up (new) plus VENT for opening. This answer has been in at least two other crosswords we’ve done over the past few days. |
| 27 | ANGLE |
A way of approaching fish (5)
Double definition (or whatever) |
| 28 | SIX |
Seven must start before nine – how many? (3)
S the first letter of seven, followed by IX, Roman numeral for nine. |
| 29 | BULLDOG CLIP |
Oxtail extract is something that holds things together (7,4)
BULL is the ox, DOG is tail when used as a verb and a CLIP is an extract. |
| Down | ||
| 1 | SALT LICK |
Key found in smooth area providing animal nutrients (4,4)
SLICK is the smooth area, ALT is the key. |
| 2 | ADDENDUM |
Drug oddly used in unusual demand for supplementary material (8)
D and U, the odd-numbered letters of drud, inserted into an anagram of demand. |
| 3 | CZECH |
Sound verification of a foreign national (5)
Czech sounds like check, or verification. |
| 4 | APPLIED |
Used source of iodine in fruit on daughter (7)
I, the first letter of iodine, inserted into APPLE, with D for daughter making up the rear. |
| 5 | BURGEON |
Swell – food’s up before one goes off (7)
Areversal of grub, or food, preceding an anagram of ONE. |
| 6 | RELIQUARY |
Single question in rarely disturbed box in church (9)
I (Latin numeral for one, or single) plus QU for question inserted into an anagram of rarely. |
| 7 | LASSIE |
Story about a ship’s dog in pictures (6)
LIE is the story, surrounding A and SS (screw steamer, crosswordese for ship) |
| 8 | WASHES |
Remains suppressed by wife and uses soap and water (6)
W for wife and AHES, remains. |
| 14 | FLASHBULB |
Instant cry raised for a source of light (9)
FLASH, or instant, plus BLUB, or cry, reversed. People still buy flashbulbs, apparently. |
| 16 | MADRIGAL |
Crazy outfit with a line for a song (8)
MAD (crazy) plus RIG (outfit) plus A plus L for line. |
| 17 | SKIN DEEP |
Superficial type involved in leak (4-4)
KIND, or type, inserted into SEEP, or leak. |
| 19 | RAW DEAL |
Fighting back, dish out unfair treatment (3,4)
A reversal of WAR (fighting) followed by DEAL (dish out, as in card games for example). |
| 20 | PAINTED |
Sounded exhausted around lunchtime and put a coat on (7)
PANTED (sounded exhausted) surrounding I (for one, or lunchtime). |
| 21 | STAVES |
Music bars need new seats to muffle volume (6)
An anagram of SEATS surrounding V for volume. |
| 22 | DUPLEX |
Laid-up lexicographer’s apartment? (6)
Contained in laiD UP LEXicographer. |
| 25 | PRANG |
Made a call after parking accident (5)
RANG (made a call) after P for parking. |
A gentle and pleasant stroll in the groves of crossword-land. FOI 1ac; LOI 1d! I did indeed waste time looking for a ‘J’ to complete the pangram….
COD for me was the cunningly clued 29ac.
Thanks setter and bloggers.
Thanks D&L and Orense.
New word for me to was Reliquary – but easily solvable from the clue. And last in for me too was Salt Lick.
A good solid puzzle.
Thanks Orense and D&L
A pretty easy offering where answers fell regularly right through to completion. No real standouts, just clear, yet straightforward, clues that would be an excellent puzzle for those just learning the craft or for those rushing through a spate of back log ones.
RELIQUARY was a new term which was my next to last one in … and gifted QUITE as the last one.